Thread: How to reduce hypnic jerks?

Originally Posted by Narwhal

@sisyphus
Since I've started taking melatonin I've had no hypnic jerks or catathrenia, maybe some things like that are caused by different deficiencies in different people?

Yeah, I know a lot of people are fine with melatonin and I was too for a long time. I guess the more general suggestion is that the underlying cause may be chemical, so I'd suggest to the OP and anyone else to consider that the cause could be medication or supplements they are taking.

Originally Posted by sisyphus

Yeah, I know a lot of people are fine with melatonin and I was too for a long time. I guess the more general suggestion is that the underlying cause may be chemical, so I'd suggest to the OP and anyone else to consider that the cause could be medication or supplements they are taking.

True dat. Maybe even hormone imbalances.